October 07, 2010
Bulldozer Drawing
The financial and economic crisis left the United States with some huge problems in spatial development. Nevertheless, this fantastic set of aerial photos from Google Images (from Big Picture), shows Florida’s developmental disaster.
All over the world new ghost landscapes appear as a result of mix between planning optimism and the financial crisis. How could we ever have really believed that this way of organizing a landscape would be attractive for those who have to live in it? And how could a society capable of shaping its land so well, not understand the risks of the system behind it? These bulldozer-made drawings are pretty nice to see from above, but in fact, they point to lost deposits, bankruptcy and misallocated capital. Most interesting at this moment is the question what to do with these pre-formed landscapes. Any ideas?
